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Historical Event on 1/18/1972
Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
| 7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
| 5/11/1970 | A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
| 2/24/1786 | Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India. |
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